What is Word Study? What levels are in the Word Study program? – Freckle

Freckle's Word Study program is a systematic approach to phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction. It focuses on students' growing knowledge of spelling patterns, rather than their ability to memorize words. It provides students with opportunities to practice with word patterns that help them learn to spell, read, and write words.

Download a list of all the Word Study levels.

As with the other personalized components of the Freckle platform, the Word Study program meets students at their appropriate developmental stage. As students learn and grow, Freckle will adapt to them!

An indicator that the student is ready to begin word study practice at level 18.

Here's how it works:

When students log into Freckle and choose to work on ELA, they can select to work on the Word Study practice mode.

First, students take a pre-test to determine the best starting level for them. The pre-test says words out loud and asks students to spell them independently.

Then, students are ready to begin practicing. Word study sessions consist of an instructional piece that explains a focus spelling pattern and then different phonics activities. Freckle offers a variety of activities to keep students engaged.

Example: Concept Introduction

An example concept introduction activity, where the student will learn about word endings.

Example: Sorting

An example sorting activity, where the student is asked to sort words by their ending sounds.

Example: Multiple Choice

An example multiple choice activity, where the student is asked to choose one word from four choices based on its ending.

Example: Text Input

An example text input activity, where the student listens to a word and then enters the last two letters of that word.

Since we know how important it is to continually practice mastered skills, review sessions are also interspersed between each level.

An indicator that the student is ready to do a review of their current word study practice level.

When students sort all answers correctly, they move on to the next activity. However, if students sort at least one word incorrectly, the program will notify students by highlighting all incorrectly sorted words in red. Students have two opportunities to re-sort the words before moving on to the next activity.

In this example, the student was asked to sort words based on their ending sounds; they got two of the questions wrong, and they are outlined in red.

Teachers can use Word Study as a daily spelling activity, a center rotation, or even as homework. Word Study teaches word knowledge, and not simply individual words.

When teachers are assigning a Targeted Word Study, they will be able to preview it before assigning it:

A grade level and skill have been selected; a preview of the Targeted Word Study assignment is shown below them.

Once a student has completed a Word Study session, you can access the Word Study Report for that student through either the Assignments Page or the Activity Feed.

Word Study Report:
The Word Study Report for the student's assignment, showing the name and subject of the assignment, the student's accuracy, time spent, and the student's responses to each question.